# Why has the mile record stopped improving? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 25, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-mile-record-stopped-improving/718522 "2015-04-25T16:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-mile-record-stopped-improving/718522/21 "2019-03-05T19:46:40Z")
> [@bump](#): > > That’s the assumption here (both articles claim 3:39 as the fastest possible mile). > > [The fastest possible mile | Gravity and Levity](https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/the-fastest-possible-mile/) > > [Runner's Web and Triathlete's Web, a Running, Track and Field and Triathlon Resource Portal](https://runnersweb.com/running/rw_news_frameset.html?https://runnersweb.com/running/news/rw_news_20051104_RRN_Limits.html) 10 years on and the gravity and levity analysis looks even stronger to be honest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-mile-record-stopped-improving/718522.md?page=1)